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tok Attorney Meyers mentioned items which require a close watch by the City. He stated that since this development does involve complicated legal requirements it would be wise to work closely with the developer at each stage of the way so that the townhouse development can progress properly. Engineer Bearden stated that he had reviewed the proposed plat and suggests that in conjunction with the development of Red 0<i1.: estates #2 the three east -west drainage swales were constructed on a portion of the proposed plat. A 20 foot wide drainage easement is indicated for one of the drainageways and easements for the other two drainageways should be indicated on the proposed plat. He also suggested that the developer furnish a grading and development plan that shows the final grades and floor elevations of the proposed town- houses to show how drainage will be handled and the developer should furnish a plan indicating the method of supplying utilities to the townhouse lots. MSP (Neisen Baumgartner) To direct the Deputy Clerk to forward a copy of Engineer Bearden's letter of July 13, 1974 regarding Red Oak Estates No. 3 with a letter stating that before the signature of the hard shell plat and the issuance of any more building permits these condition- be mat. 5 Ayes Engineer Bearden's Report Engineer Bearden stated that the letter handed to him earlier in the meeting on soil exploration work for the addition to the municipal building.should just be placed in our files and there was no need to respond to this. The Engineer said that in conjuntion with the signals that the Highway Dept. is proposing on County Road H2 and County Road I and Highway #10 various plans are starting to come through his office for lane additions at these two points and they expect to have documents ready for a letting in October for the signals at these two points. They would like to meet and explain their proposal to someone from the Council. Engineer B arden requested that someone from the Council meet with the Highway Department and himself sometime this week. It was decided that Councilman Hodges would go if available and if not Mayor Neisen would attend. Engineer Bearden said that in connection with that he attended a meeting in Blaine regarding Highway #10; the part that isn't constructed through Blaine and Coon Rapids. The Highway Department officials that were at that meeting said that they would do two things to try to handle the problem of that rni.d not being built. They were going to do a traffic count on weekend 00, County Road J and that area to find out how many people are cutting through Mounds View and Blaine and two, they would try to initiate an environmental inpact statement which is a necessary prerequisite to any construction for that portion of Highway #10. They indicated that the City officials should try to put pressure on the Highway Department or the Metro Council to at least get some consideration to get part of this in the construction schedule. Engineer Bearden indicated that the traffic lights that are to be installed 1 HtglIJ:_7 #10 will make the traffic cutting through Mounds View worse. felt that as a Council if a motion was made to write to the Ilig`tway Department to put that one stretch at the top of their priority list a lot of traffic would be eliminated. Mayor Neisen stated that this had already been done some time age and that we have Letters back stating it would not be completed until 1979. The Mavor said that we could continue to send letters which might help.